In an ordinary American presidential election, a candidate who had earned a fortune in business and then paid an absurdly low tax rate would barely raise eyebrows. Americans have long considered wealth something to admire and pursue, not vilify and redistribute. Alexis de Tocqueville said he knew "of no country. ..where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property".
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机译：在一次普通的美国总统选举中，一个在企业中发了大财然后支付了低得惊人的低税率的候选人几乎不会引起人们的注意。长期以来，美国人一直认为财富值得欣赏和追求，而不是污蔑和重新分配。亚历克西斯·德·托克维尔（Alexis de Tocqueville）说，他“在任何国家都不知道……在这里，人们对永久财产平等的理论表示了更深的蔑视”。
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